1 Kings 14:21
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Rehoboam Reigns over Judah
21 Now Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.(A)
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2 Chronicles 12:13
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Death of Rehoboam
13 So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.(A)
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1 Kings 11:36
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36 Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that my servant David may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.(A)
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1 Kings 14:31
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31 Rehoboam slept with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. His son Abijam succeeded him.(A)
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Isaiah 12:6
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6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal[a] Zion,
for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”(A)
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- 12.6 Or O inhabitant of
Psalm 132:13-14
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13 For the Lord has chosen Zion;
he has desired it for his habitation:(A)
14 “This is my resting place forever;
here I will reside, for I have desired it.
Psalm 87:1-2
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Psalm 87
The Joy of Living in Zion
Of the Korahites. A Psalm. A Song.
1 On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
2 the Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.(A)
Psalm 78:68-69
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68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which he loves.(A)
69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.(B)
2 Chronicles 13:7
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7 and certain worthless scoundrels gathered around him and defied Rehoboam son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young and irresolute and could not withstand them.
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1 Kings 11:43
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43 Solomon slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam succeeded him.(A)
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1 Kings 11:32
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32 One tribe will remain his, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
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1 Kings 8:44
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44 “If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,
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1 Kings 8:16
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16 ‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, nor did I choose anyone to be a ruler over my people Israel. But I have chosen Jerusalem in order that my name may be there,[a] and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’(A)
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- 8.16 Cn Compare Q ms and 2 Chr 6.5–6: MT lacks nor did . . . be there
Deuteronomy 23:3
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3 “No Ammonite or Moabite shall come into the assembly of the Lord even to the tenth generation. None of their descendants shall come into the assembly of the Lord forever,
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Deuteronomy 12:21
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21 If the place where the Lord your God will choose to put his name is too far from you, and you slaughter as I have commanded you any of your herd or flock that the Lord has given you, then you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.
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Deuteronomy 12:5
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5 But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes as his habitation to put his name there. You shall go there,(A)
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Exodus 20:24
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24 You need make for me only an altar of earth and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your offerings of well-being, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.(A)
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